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Case information
Lower Court Judgment
10/08/2018 Supreme Court of New South Wales (Court of Criminal Appeal) (Hoeben CJ, Ward JA, Adams J)
Catchwords
Criminal law – Female genital mutilation – Where A2 and Magennis had been convicted of offences of female genital mutilation contrary to s 45(1)(a), Crimes Act 1990 (NSW) – Where Vaziri had been convicted of being an accessory to those offences – Where, on appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeal of New South Wales (CCA) entered verdicts of acquittal for A2, Magennis and Vaziri – Whether the CCA erred in construing the words “otherwise mutilates” and “clitoris” in s 45(1)(a) of the Crimes Act – Whether “otherwise mutilates” extends to include any injury and/or damage to another person’s clitoris in s 45(1)(a) of the Crimes Act – Whether “clitoris” includes the clitoral hood or prepuce in s 45(1)(a) of the Crimes Act.
Documents
15/02/2019 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
01/03/2019 Notice of appeal
05/04/2019 Written submissions (Appellant)
05/04/2019 Chronology (Appellant)
03/05/2019 Written submissions (Respondents in S43/2019 and S45/2019)
03/05/2019 Written submissions (Respondent in S44/2019)
23/05/2019 Reply
12/06/2019 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
12/06/2019 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
12/06/2019 Outline of oral argument (Respondents in S43/2019 and S45/2019)
12/06/2019 Outline of oral argument (Respondent in S44/2019)
19/06/2019 Note on World Health Organisation Recommendations (Appellant)
26/06/2019 Joint Note on World Health Organisation Recommendations (Respondents)
24/07/2019 Joint Submission on the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) (Respondents)
07/08/2019 Submissions on the Criminal Appeal Act 1912 (NSW) (Appellant)
16/10/2019 Judgment (Judgment summary)